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I am what I am: Karen Elson

KAREN ELSON 29, is a model and a performer in the American cabaret collective the Citizens Band. She lives between Tribeca, New York, and Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband, the White Stripes frontman, Jack White, and their two children, Scarlett Teresa, 2, and Henry Lee, 1.

* I'm very proud of coming from Manchester - I try to preserve that. I get really annoyed if I hear an American twang in my accent - it feels like I've betrayed my country.

* Life in Nashville is way more easy-going. We just thought, "Let's take a chance." It's not about escape, it's about being somewhere new. It's good for your soul to shake things up and not to be complacent.

* Jack is a very dedicated man. He wakes in the morning; he has a task and he goes and does it, no dilly-dallying. That's incredibly attractive. If you're with someone who just does things, you